Field note / 02
Beyond the vines · planted 1999
Olive trees
belong here,
too.
Italian and Spanish varieties grow beside the vineyard, turning the estate into the mixed farm it was always meant to be.
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THE MIXED FARM · GRANITE COUNTRYThe grove
The first tree became part of a bigger idea.
The first olive tree at McIvor Estate was planted in 1999. Since then, the grove has flourished in the same free-draining granitic soils that shape the vineyard.
Italian Frantoio and Correggiolo grow alongside Spanish-bred Manzanilla and Nevadillo Blanco. A small number of Kalamata trees are kept for table olives.
The estate produces extra virgin olive oil in small quantities, continuing the idea of a traditional mixed farm where vines, olives and country life share the same ground.
Granite underfoot.
Free-draining granitic soils give the grove the same compelling setting as the vineyard rows around it.
Each variety, kept distinct.
Oil varieties are mechanically harvested and held separately so each parcel can be processed on its own terms.
Freshness, guarded.
After cold pressing and settling, the oil is stored away from light and air to protect its freshness through the year.
Grove ledger
Five varieties. One granite hillside.
The planting brings together oil and table-olive traditions from Italy and Spain, interpreted through the conditions of central Victoria.
Frantoio
An Italian oil variety valued in the estate grove.
O01Correggiolo
An Italian oil variety grown for its expressive oil.
O02Manzanilla
A Spanish-bred variety within the mixed planting.
O03Nevadillo Blanco
A Spanish-bred oil variety suited to the estate's free-draining soils.
O04Kalamata
A small planting kept for table olives.
O05From tree to table
Small quantities. A clear sense of place.
The grove's extra virgin olive oil is produced with the same attention given to the wines: harvest at the right moment, process carefully and protect what the fruit already holds.
Bring a little of the grove home.
Find estate olive oil, balsamic and wine together in the McIvor cellar.
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